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true then, true now.https://www.facebook.com/624639922/posts/10151692357509923
From the article: “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections.
If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
John Lennon
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This is an egregious attack on women, particularly women of color and poor women. And when I say women, in this case i actually mean girls, because so many GIRLS (aka not adult women), get health care they desperately need here.

I’ve had insurance over the years, but I have been to Planned Parenthood many time, even while I’ve had insurance because the traditional health care system is a nightmare … especially for women and girls.

This is a tragic proposal, which will have devastating effects on women’s health across the country. Please register to vote and register everyone you know to vote.

Today is one of the last stands for Net Neutrality. Have you called your Congressional reps?

(Note: CA senators and reps support NN! Obvs! But call anyway!)https://www.battleforthenet.com/
From the article: Congress can use a Resolution of Disapproval to overrule the FCC. We have to make them.

No. No. No. WHY WOULD YOU TAKE THIS? Why, why, WHY? THIS IS NOT FEMINISM. Nope, nu-uh, nah. The only good thing I can say about this trash is that no one was killed in this particular display of White Ignorance. No, this is just blatant, shameless, obvious, glaring Cultural Appropriation. I can’t believe it didn’t occur to any of these people that this was a terrible, disrespectful, and yes, rascist, thing to do.https://trib.al/fVANbnC
From the article: It was only a matter of time before someone co-opted Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” video, but who knew it would be so horrible. YouTube comedienne Nicole Arbour, who got dragged a couple of years ago for a fat-shaming video, decided to put a “feminist” twist on Donald Glover’s lat…

Um, did you know this?https://apple.news/AWb209TQKSwilqkICqrPp9g
From the article: For babies born in California after 1983, DNA is likely being stored by the government, may be available to law enforcement and may even be in the hands of outside researchers

This is so, so good. 🙏🏼https://trib.al/OAkjgyT
From the article: What’s the best way to deal with pervasive, persistent and blood-pressure rising racism on the daily, as well as give a big fat fuck you to gentrification and the criminalization of black folks? Why throw a cookout, of course!

Long Beach: As a Black Man, This Is What I Have to Do in Order to Walk in My Own Neighborhoodhttp://www.longbeachize.com/black-man-order-walk-long-beach-neighborhood
From the article: Longbeachize welcomes contributions from locals across the city. To submit guest column ideas, send an email with a pitch and partial copy to: brian@longbeachize.com **** Photo by Brian Addison. Above: a walker in Rainbow Lagoon in DTLB. I got myself back into taking 6AM walks but I had to remember….